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enLake Michigan defended.http://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/lake-michigan-defended
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<p>Environment Michigan’s advocacy has helped win numerous victories for the Great Lakes, including stopping pollution from power plants and refineries — like BP’s proposed expansion in 2008, which would have led to hundreds more pounds of toxic waste being dumped into Lake Michigan.</p>
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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:56:17 +0000Anonymous2901 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgA brighter future for wind and solar.http://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/brighter-future-wind-and-solar
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<p>By tapping the energy of the sun hitting the rooftops of America and the power of the wind blowing off our coasts and across the country, we can meet the energy needs of every household in the nation. New policies we helped win will bring us closer to realizing that potential by making it easier to build wind farms on and offshore, and to put solar panels on our roofs.</p>
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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:56:36 +0000Anonymous2906 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgDriving the climate change message homehttp://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/driving-climate-change-message-home
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<p>We’ve helped educate thousands of people across the state about the threat global warming poses to our economy and public health, showing that four out of five Americans live in counties that experienced federal weather disasters between 2006 and 2011, and that global warming loads the dice for more extreme weather events.</p>
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:09:25 +0000nhendrick13031 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgNew limits on carbon pollutionhttp://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/new-limits-carbon-pollution
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<p>In conjunction with our national federation, we helped convince the Environmental Protection Agency to set smart new limits on the amount of smog-forming carbon pollution that new coal-fired power plants can emit—an important victory for the thousands of Michiganders who suffer from asthma, which is exacerbated by smog.</p>
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:10:28 +0000nhendrick13036 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgLess toxic mercury in our water, air and bodieshttp://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/less-toxic-mercury-our-water-air-and-bodies
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<p>After our research helped shine a media spotlight on the health problems mercury can cause for young children and babies in utero, the Environmental Protection Agency ruled that power plants like the Monroe Power Plant must reduce the amount of mercury they emit by 90 percent.</p>
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:12:00 +0000nhendrick13041 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgAt 54.5, a big step forward for clean carshttp://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/545-big-step-forward-clean-cars
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<p>On July 29th, President Obama announced the outline of new clean car standards covering cars and light trucks through 2025, which will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming.</p>
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:14:34 +0000nhendrick13046 at http://environmentmichigancenter.orgWe’re restoring Clean Water Act protections. http://environmentmichigancenter.org/results/mic/we%E2%80%99re-restoring-clean-water-act-protections
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<p>More than 800,000 of us called on the Environmental Protection Agency to close loopholes in the Clean Water Act. And in May, they answered by finalizing a rule to restore protections to the more than 20 million acres of wetlands, 60% of streams, and drinking water for 117 million Americans. </p>
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:15:15 +0000nhendrick13051 at http://environmentmichigancenter.org